http://www.district116.org www.District116.org © 2002-2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:51:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.district116.org/2011/12/24/trustee-chris-ditton-is-new-avon-township-assessor/ http://www.district116.org/2011/12/24/trustee-chris-ditton-is-new-avon-township-assessor/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:04:37 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=7134

At a special Avon Township meeting held December 24th, 2011, Supervisor Sam Yingling and the Avon Township Board approved the appointment of Trustee Chris Ditton to serve out the remaining term of Avon Township Assessor. Former Assessor Bryce Carus had resigned earlier this year citing health reasons and an interim assessor is currently fulfilling the [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/12/24/trustee-chris-ditton-is-new-avon-township-assessor/feed/ 0 http://www.district116.org/2011/12/13/avon-township-board-votes-to-reduce-tax-levy/ http://www.district116.org/2011/12/13/avon-township-board-votes-to-reduce-tax-levy/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:45:11 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=6881

Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling and the Avon Township Board unanimously voted in favor of ordinances adopting the 2011 Tax Levy. The levy adopted in 2011 will result in property tax receipts for the Township in the year 2012. The proposed (and passed) levy amount for the Town of Avon is $690,000 which represents an [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/12/13/avon-township-board-votes-to-reduce-tax-levy/feed/ 2 http://www.district116.org/2011/12/06/avon-township-needs-your-feedback-on-tax-levy-reduction/ http://www.district116.org/2011/12/06/avon-township-needs-your-feedback-on-tax-levy-reduction/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:34:59 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=6576

This coming Monday, December 12, 2011 at 6:30pm, the Avon Township Board will be considering substantial tax levy reductions to its three tax levies and they are looking for support from the local residents. In the last fiscal year the Township generated over a $170,000 surplus which they want to use to reduce the tax [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/12/06/avon-township-needs-your-feedback-on-tax-levy-reduction/feed/ 0 http://www.district116.org/2011/11/10/avon-township-tax-levy-hearing-november-14-2011/ http://www.district116.org/2011/11/10/avon-township-tax-levy-hearing-november-14-2011/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:50:11 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=6184

UPDATE:  We were just informed that the regular meeting WILL take place on Monday the 14th but the Tax Levy portion will NOT be on the agenda since they are still waiting for some final numbers. Stay tuned for further details or visit the Township’s site at www.AvonTownship.us   November 10, 2011 *****For Immediate Release***** [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/11/10/avon-township-tax-levy-hearing-november-14-2011/feed/ 3 http://www.district116.org/2011/10/28/sam-yingling-avon-township-officials-continue-fulfilling-campaign-pledge/ http://www.district116.org/2011/10/28/sam-yingling-avon-township-officials-continue-fulfilling-campaign-pledge/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:15:10 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=5768

Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling, Highway Commissioner Tom Brust, Clerk Lisa Rusch, and Trustees Chris Ditton, Randy Evangelides and Mark Feldstein, fulfilling a campaign pledge to give back pay raises put in place by the previous administration, presented their third check for $16,633.22 at the last Avon Township Board Meeting. The total amount of salary [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/10/28/sam-yingling-avon-township-officials-continue-fulfilling-campaign-pledge/feed/ 1 http://www.district116.org/2011/09/21/is-avon-community-garden-worth-the-effort/ http://www.district116.org/2011/09/21/is-avon-community-garden-worth-the-effort/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:01:19 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=5157

With $2,000 in Township funds budgeted towards the Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm and an anticipated harvest of 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of fresh vegetables, it may be time to think about scaling back in the future. Last year a lot of the major work such as the tilling was donated by local [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/09/21/is-avon-community-garden-worth-the-effort/feed/ 0 http://www.district116.org/2011/08/26/avon-township-supervisor-sam-yingling-running-in-illinois-62nd-district-2/ http://www.district116.org/2011/08/26/avon-township-supervisor-sam-yingling-running-in-illinois-62nd-district-2/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:42:44 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=4611

Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling announced earlier this month that he was running as a Democratic candidate for State Representative of the newly created 62nd District. With the recent debt ceiling debate in Washington, many of us had a first hand opportunity to see whether those we elected stuck to their election campaign promises. Sam [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/08/26/avon-township-supervisor-sam-yingling-running-in-illinois-62nd-district-2/feed/ 0 http://www.district116.org/2011/08/16/avon-township-second-annual-touch-a-truck-event-august-27-2011/ http://www.district116.org/2011/08/16/avon-township-second-annual-touch-a-truck-event-august-27-2011/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:58:31 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=4374

Last year Avon Township had such a successful “Touch-A-Truck” event that they have scheduled a second annual event next Saturday, August 27th from 1-4 at the Avon Township Center located at 433 E. Washington St. in Round Lake Park. This is a wonderful event for both boys and girls and gives them a chance to [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/08/16/avon-township-second-annual-touch-a-truck-event-august-27-2011/feed/ 1 http://www.district116.org/2011/06/17/avon-township-assessor-bryce-carus-resigns/ http://www.district116.org/2011/06/17/avon-township-assessor-bryce-carus-resigns/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:57:35 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=3795

Bryce Carus who ran on the Avon Forward slate back in 2009 resigned his position as Avon Township Assessor last Monday evening, although no mention of it was made at the Avon Township Board meeting held that same night. Carus originally ran announcing that he, too, would return the pay increases passed by the previous [...]]]> http://www.district116.org/2011/06/17/avon-township-assessor-bryce-carus-resigns/feed/ 2 http://www.district116.org/2011/06/13/avon-township-june-13-board-meeting/ http://www.district116.org/2011/06/13/avon-township-june-13-board-meeting/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:23:47 +0000 Gene Carey http://www.district116.org/?p=3714

At the June 13th Avon Township Board meeting Township Supervisor, Sam Yingling, thanked those who helped plant the Community Garden as well as Leider’s Garden Greenery in Grayslake and Ralph’s Greenhouse in Round Lake for their contribution of almost 90% of the plants. The Board discussed and voted on several items on the evenings agenda. 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